President’s Report 3

Club Minutes 3

GA Sheriff ’s Ranch Cruise-In 2

Cruiser Gets New Shocks 3

When in Rome 4

Memorial Day in Lakeland, GA 5

1952 Fire Truck 5

Calendar 6

Sponsors 7

Editor’s Comment 8

A monthly publication of the South Georgia Classic Car Club

Driver’s Seat

Table of Contents

August 2016

About SGCCC

The South Georgia

Classic Car Club was

founded in April, 1984 as

a not-for-profit organiza-

tion dedicated to the res-

toration, preservation,

and enjoyment of special

interest automobiles.

The Driver’s Seat is the

official publication of the

SGCCC. It is printed,

published, and distrib-

uted during the last week

of each month to all club

members. All information

contained herein is not

necessarily the opinion or

the position of club mem-

bers, its officers, and/or

advertisers.

To submit content for

inclusion in the newslet-

ter, please e-mail the

editor, editor@sgccc.org

or mail to SGCCC News-

letter, 4017 N Oak St

Ext, Valdosta, GA 31605.

All other correspondence

should be sent to,

SGCCC, P.O. Box 403,

Valdosta, GA 31603, or e

- m a i l t o : p r e s i -

dent@sgccc.org

Your Officers President:

Rick Hastings

1st Vice President:

David Boyd

2nd Vice President:

Walt Prettyman

Secretary:

Bob Raffaele

Treasurer:

Donna Roberson

Chaplain:

Paul Worth

Driver’s Seat Editor:

David Boyd

Web Master:

Madonna Terry

- Logan Birdsong

Saturday, July 16, 2016 found a caravan of 13 vehicles with 21 people heading west to their Cairo destination. Making the Sat-urday trek were: Richard & Linda Run-nells; Jerry Ellis; Bill Higgins; Bob & Susan Raffaele; Logan & Maria Birdsong; Walt Prettyman; Chris Dooley; Ed & Annette Woodruff; Dan & Chris Bremer; Rick Hast-ings; Irene D’Amato; Paul & Sue Worth; Terry & Vicki Wilkinson and Geoff Hardy. It was a beautiful day to travel and, believe it or not, we made it through every red light without getting separated!

Inside the museum, members were ooo-ing and aahing at the vast amount of differ-ent type items found on display. There were beautiful antique cars, motorcycles, scooters, bicycles, fire engines and much, much more. There were manikins in pe-riod-correct attire scattered throughout the displays. Hundreds of scale models of all type vehicles. Different pieces of period-correct furniture displayed throughout the exhibits.

Wayne and Rose Ann Hadden, owners, have done an excellent job in assembling, displaying and maintaing the museum. They are constantly on the look out for ad-ditional items to add to their collection. It looks like they will have to add a fifth building to accommodate any more items.

After finishing the museum tour, SGCCC Members ad-journed to Mr. Chick Restau-rant to relax and eat. Mr. Chick is owned by Wayne and Rose Ann and is on the same grounds with the museum. The food was outstanding and enjoyed by all. After completing our meal, we bid the Haddens Good-Bye and headed back to Val-dosta. Eve-ryone was pleased with the day’s event and several said it warranted a return visit.

Cairo Antique Car Museum Tour

July 5, 2016

Meeting: club President Rick Hastings opened the July meeting at 6:45

pm at Austin’s Cattle Company. The Opening Prayer was led by

Danny Swilley with the Pledge of Allegiance recited by all present.

There were 27 members in attendance.

Minutes: the June minutes were read by club Secretary Bob Raffaele

and were approved by those present.

Treasurer’s Report: club Treasurer Donna Roberson presented the

May and June Treasurer reports and both were approved as read.

Old Business:

Rick mentioned the low attendance at recent cruise-ins was probably

due to the hot and wet weather.

A dozen members participated in a Saturday cruise to the Burton

Brooks Peach farm. Fresh peaches and ice-cream were enjoyed by

all.

Member travels:

Ed and Annette Woodruff reported on the tour of Alaska and the all-

important Fairbanks Auto Museum – see the July Driver’s Seat for

pictures.

Richard Runnells reported on the family trip to Colorado while also

officiating at the NSRA event in Pueblo.

Dan Bremer recounted the trip he and wife Chris took to Washington

DC participating in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle event honoring

our veterans.

New Business:

David Boyd, Driver’s Seat editor will be getting a price quote on publish-

ing the monthly newsletter in color. If you view the online version

you will see a huge difference, especially in the photography-laden

issues.

Fall Car Show planning committee to meet following the conclusion of

this meeting.

Future Events:

July 9th – Corvette Club – cars & coffee, GA Power, 9 – 11 am

July 9th – Second Saturday Cruise-in, Steak ’n Shake, 5 – 8 pm

July 16th – Third Saturday Drive & dine, Cairo Auto Museum and Mr.

Chick, Depart 1 pm Agri Supply Hwy 84 West.

July 21st – Third Thursday cruise-in, Dairy Queen, 5 – 7:30 pm

Aug 2nd – SGCCC meeting, Austin’s, 6 – 8 pm

Aug 13th –Corvette Club, cars & coffee, GA Power 9 – 11 am

Aug 13th –Second Saturday Cruise-in Steak ’n Shake, 5 – 8 pm

Aug 18th -Third Thursday cruise-in, Dairy Queen, 5 – 7:30 pm

Meeting: adjourned at 7:35 pm

Submitted by Bob Raffaele, Club Secretary.

Minutes President’s Report

C. Rick Hastings

August and the Dog Days of Summer -- hot, humid

and dry -- what else could one ask for? I know -- Are

you ready for some football? High school and pre-

season pro starts in early to mid August with the col-

lege season right around the corner. For local fans, this

season will be a little different. Due to restructuring of

the regions, gone are the days of playoff birth place-

ment struggles between Valdosta and Lowndes High --

the Winnersville Classic will take on a new flavor --

gone are the late October games -- now. It is only for

bragging rights as the game is now early in the season.

It will, however, still be a game to look forward to and

to cheer on your favorite team.

All of our monthly cruise-ins were hot but very

enjoyable. They were well attended but I and others

would certainly like to see the numbers increase. Our

first 3rd Saturday Drive and Dine was a big success.

We had a great drive to Cairo to visit the Mr. Chick

Auto and Fire Department museum and to dine at Mr.

Chick. See Logan’s article complete with pictures in

this newsletter.

Up-coming activities for club members and guests

include our monthly meeting scheduled on Tuesday,

August 2nd at Austin’s Steak House from 6 to 8pm.

Our second Saturday of the month cruise-in at Steak

’N Shake will be on August 13th from 5 to 8 pm. The

Third Thursday cruise-in for August will be the 18th

from 5 to 7:30pm at the Dairy Queen on Inner Perime-

ter Rd. These events are open to all car clubs or indi-

viduals that wish to display their vehicles. And our 3rd

Saturday Drive and Dine is scheduled for the 20th --

details to be sent out later. Our Fall Car show is right

around the corner. The show is scheduled for Satur-

day, November 5th at 5 Points -- we all need to concen-

trate our efforts to ensure a successful show.

Keep you your copy of the Driver’s Seat handy to

refresh you memory of up-coming events. Let’s all

have a great month.

Club Name Tags and Embroidery Name tags are available at Harmon's on West Hill Avenue.

Club logo embroidery is available at Arrow Screen-printing on Gordon near Baytree

Alaska Trip

- Annette Woodruff

Ed and I recently had the wonderful

opportunity to spend two weeks ex-

ploring Alaska. We visited Fairbanks,

Anchorage, Wasilla, Seward, Valdez,

North Pole, and of course, Denali Na-

tional Park.

My son, Will, and his wife Penny, live

in Alaska and planned the whole trip as

a gift to us. This was the first time that

Ed had been to Alaska, but I lived there

before the earthquake hit in 1964. It

was amazing to see how Anchorage had

changed, and to see that my old high

school was still standing.

Fairbanks has many places of interest

that we enjoyed visiting. The last news-

letter had pictures that were taken at

the Fountainhead Antique Auto Mu-

seum. There were cars there that Ed

had never seen. I especially enjoyed

seeing the many authentic, period

dresses.

We visited an Ice Museum in Fair-

banks that had beautiful sculptures

taken from the last International Ice

Sculpting Competition that is held in

March of each year. We were told that

people come from all over the world to

participate in this event. The guide

carved a sculpture of a flower while we

watched. It couldn’t have taken him

more than 10 minutes to complete it. I

was definitely glad that they provided

parkas because they kept it around 20

degrees.

The next day we drove to Chena Hot

Springs and spent the day relaxing in

the inside and outside hot pools. They

were both wonderful. They had a huge

Ice Igloo there that had more beautiful

sculptures and was also about 20 de-

grees. One of the sculptures was a big

curved bar complete with benches that

were covered with fur. And yes, they

also provided parkas.

Denali was our next day-trip. We

had to leave about 4 a.m. to get there

for one of the first morning tour buses.

You can only drive a private vehicle 15

miles into the park to cut down on traf-

fic and litter. The tour we picked went

in 66 miles on the very windy, gravel

road that was an eight-hour roundtrip.

The total length of the road is 92 miles

and would take about 13 hours round-

trip. We saw sheep, caribou, moose,

and bears, and had a fantastic bus driver

that was really more like a tour guide.

She explained everything and stopped

whenever someone spotted any type of

animal. It was a very long and very

wonderful day.

Next came a trip to an above ground

historic gold mine so we could see how

mining was done years ago. We road

the Tanana Valley Railroad to get to the

very large gold dredge, that we could

go inside and explore, and then we got

to pan for gold ourselves. Those little

flakes unbelievable added up to $27.00

worth.

We also stopped by the Alaska pipe-

line that goes 800 miles from Prudhoe

Bay to Valdez. It crosses three moun-

tain ranges and more than 500 rivers

and streams and was completed in 26

months at a cost of $8 billion in 1977.

It was surprising to realize that there

are many places that you can go right

up to the pipeline and touch it. They

have a sign on it warning people not

climb on the pipeline because you might

fall and injure yourself. It is amazing

that they really have to tell people that.

Saturday was the big day that we had

waited several months for. We visited

the Pogo Gold Mine where my son and

his wife work. Once a year they have

family day and welcome the families of

their employees. They actually took us

into the mine and the mill where the

gold is processed. They were both

very cold and noisy. We got to hold

gold bars valued at well over a million

dollars. Ed just couldn’t figure out a

way to bring them home. The mine

Alaska Trip (Continued)

operates 24 hours a day and produces

a million dollars worth of gold every

day. Guess there is still a lot of gold in

those hills!

Monday was another early day. We

went deep-sea fishing out from Seward.

Ed was grinning ear-to-ear after he

caught a halibut weighing about 50

pounds. We are enjoying all the fish

that they caught that day.

After a couple of days in Anchorage,

we drove down to Valdez. There is

not much to the town of Valdez but

the drive there is breath taking. There

are many

beautiful

mountains

and water-

falls. We

also were

able to see

several gla-

ciers in this

area of

Alaska.

We arrived back in the sunny south

very tired, but with many wonderful

memories and pictures to share. It was

a trip of a lifetime.

Spirit of the Suwannee Ultimate Car Show

Dan Glenn

Johnathan Irvin won a Top 25 trophy

August 2016

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

Jonathan Irvin

5

Terry & Vicki

Wilkinson

6

Dan Baker

7 8 9 10

Becky Boyd

11 12 13

Chance & Mandy

Armstrong

14 15

Steve & Patti

Everett

Charles &

Madonna

Terry

16 17 18 19 20

Jerry Ellis

21

Linda Runnalls

22

David & Becky

Boyd

23

Thomas & Lois

Gehring

24 25 26 27

Venita Speed

28 29

Johnny Swilley

30 31

2 - SGCCC Monthly Business Meeting Austin's Cattle Company 2101 West Hill Avenue Valdosta, GA eat at 6:00, meet at 7:00

6 - Tallahassee Cruise-In Sonic, 5814 North Monroe Street 5:30pm until

6 - Albany Cruise-In Location: San Joe's in Leesburg 5pm start time

7 - Tallahassee Street Rodders Museum Cruise Antique Car Museum, 6800 Mahan Dr 1-5pm http://www.tally-streetrodders.com

10 - Tallahassee What-A-Burger Cruise 1101 Thomasville Road, info: Joe Clark 850-385-3959 or Steve Curvey 750-383-0651

11 - Live Oak Cruise, Huddle House (Hwy 129 & I-10), Live Oak, FL 6-9pm info: Ralph Towner 386-752-4725

13 - Cars, Caffeine and Donuts hosted by the Corvette Club, Georgia Power building, Norman Drive, 9-11am

13 - Valdosta Cruise-In Steak ’N Shake parking lot—St. Augustine Road, Valdosta 4-8pm

13 - Tallahassee What-A-Burger Cruise Ford & Chevy Clubs 1101 Thomasville Road, 5:30-8:30pm info: Reuben Plachy 850-894-5815

13 - Thomasville Pecan Region Car Club Cruise Dairy Queen, 14375 Hwy 19S, 6:30pm until info: Steve Gordon 229-226-2266

13 - Albany Artesian City Car Club Cruise-In Mellow Mushroom, 2825 Nottingham Way 5pm until info: Wendell Hill 229-435-2560

13 - Perry Cruise-In 221 N. Jefferson St. Perry, GA 6-9 p.m. Call Bob Taylor, 672-0848

18 - Valdosta Cruise-In at Dairy Queen, Inner Perimeter Rd, Valdosta 5-7:30pm

24 - Lake City Hardee's West Cruise info: Ralph Towner 386-752-4725

27 - Tallahassee What-A-Burger Cruise 1101 Thomasville Rd, info: http://www.tally-streetrodders.com

Call the contact person before leaving for an out of town cruise to be sure it has not been moved or cancelled.

See the SGCCC web site (www.sgccc.org) for more info and flyers on these events.

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Next Meeting:

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Eat @ 6:00

Meet @ 6:45

Austin’s Cattle Company

Cruise: August 13, 2016

Steak ‘N Shake parking lot

5:00pm until 8:00pm

Thurs Cruise: August 18, 2016

Dairy Queen parking lot

5:00—7:30pm

Summer is a time for vacations, trips, excursions,

cruises and much, much more. But August is here,

and school will be starting very soon. The local

schools are starting up the first week of August and

the colleges get into full swing by mid-month. We

need to be careful commuting as there will be many

school children being transported by buses (they will

be at the bus stops waiting as many of us go to work

in the morning) and there will be many college stu-

dents as drivers and pedestrians around the VSU

campus. So let’s all keep our eyes open for these

young people. They are our future.

There are reports in this issue on a couple of events

our club has been involved in. Thanks to Logan Bird-

song for the pictures and report of the Drive and

Dine to Cairo. Thanks to Dan Glenn for pictures

from the Spirit of the Suwannee Ultimate Care Show.

Annette Woodward provided and article and photos

of the trip she and Ed took to Alaska this summer.

There is not room enough to share all the photos she

provided, but it lseems to have been a wonderful ex-

perience for them.

Becky and I took a two week trip through Georgia,

Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and

Florida this past month. The photo in the cover was

taken in Hope, Arkansas,

across the street from the

Visitor’s Information Center.

Keep those reports coming—

Happy Cruising! - David Boyd

Editor’s Comments

Design and Media Production at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College

Cover Photo

1928 Ford Pickup parked by a corner

restaurant in Hope Arkansas